Association for Retarded Citizens of ND v. Olson

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “An individual’s liberty is not less worthy of protection merely because he has consented to be placed in a situation of confinement.”
• “This right [tc freedom from undue restraint] obligates the state to provide capable retarded citizens with reasonable opportunities to make trips into the outside communities.”
• \[M]entally retarded residents [of state institutions] possess a right to free association guaranteed under the First Amendment.\
• court bound by Court’s mandate to defer to professional judgment
• voluntary admittee retains constitutional right to “reasonably safe” environment

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).